Dangos 4045 canlyniad

A commonplace book compiled by the historian William Davies, Cringell. The contents are mainly topographical notes and extracts relating to Wales, and the works from which extracts have been made include Camden's Britannia, ed. by Gibson (1772), The Modern Universal British Traveller (?London, 1779), and Henry Penruddocke Wyndham, A Tour Through Monmouthshire and Wales, 2nd edn (Salisbury, 1781).
On the first page is a quotation from John Dyer's poem 'Grongar Hill', superscribed 'Motto for an Hist. - & Descriptive Account of S. Wales'. The volume also contains a brief account of the Eisteddfod held at Bala in September 1789 by the Gwyneddigion and the beginning of an English translation of Ellis Wynne, Gweledigaetheu y Bardd Cwsc. There are also one or two recipes in an earlier hand.

Miscellaneous papers relating to Iolo Morganwg (being M68, M70, M72-82 in the Mackinlay Group).

'Chara[c]ter of the late T. Wyndham, Esq.': an appreciation of Thomas Wyndham of Dunraven Castle by Edward Williams, Flemingston, near Cowbridge, printed in the Bath Herald. Press cutting.

Fragment of a letter signed by A. M. Sweet for Dd Evans. On the dorse are four lines of religious verse in Welsh in the autograph of Iolo Morganwg.

A note (?in the autograph of Ann Williams) concerning the family of Edward Williams of Penon in p. Lancarvan, co. Glam. [i.e. Edward Williams Senior].

Probate, 14 August 1847, of the will of Taliesin Williams late of the borough of Merthyr Tydfil, co. Glam., schoolmaster, dec. Will dated 2 June 1845.

A brief account of Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg), ?in the autograph of Elizabeth Williams, daughter of Taliesin Williams. According to this account Iolo Morganwg 'was one of three among whom was Mungo Park, appointed on the African expedition, on a voyage of discovery in search of the source of the Nile [?Niger], .... He fully intended going, but owing to the remonstrances of his family & friends, was included to relinquish his intention'.

Verses, 'Copied by Rees Evans of Toncoch without spectacles at the age of 86 the 15 June 1865', with an account of the circumstances which prompted their composition. (Mention of Iolo Morganwg and the poets' meeting at an inn near Cowbridge to learn the rules of Welsh poetry, c. 1798).

Probate, 9 August 1865, of the will of Mary Williams late of Merthyr Tydfil, co. Glam., widow, dec. [1 Nov. 1864 at Surbiton, Surrey]. Will dated 10 Nov. 1850.

Probate, 30 October 1886, of the will of Edward Williams late of Cleveland Lodge, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, ironmaster, dec. [9 June 1886 at Cleveland Lodge aforesaid]. Will dated 20 Oct. 1884.

'A poem in memoriam of the late Mr Edward Williams Cleveland Lodge Middlesborough.' This appears to be a prose translation of 'a Prize Poem at a competition, on New Years day, at Middlesborough, under the patronage of the Welsh Presbyterians'.

Photograph of the inscription beneath window erected in the parish church of St Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil, to the memory of the 'Captains of Industry' with whom Sir William Thomas Lewis, bart, had been associated in the development of the minerals of the district. The window was the gift of Sir William T. Lewis (afterwards first Baron Merthyr) in 1896, and 'Edward Williams, Middlesborough (formerly Dowlais)' is among the persons commemorated.

Two letters, May-June 1900, from Elizabeth Jenkins, Dan-y-graig, Baglan, to 'Mr Williams' concerning the family of Jenkins of Blaencorrwg (the same Jenkins, it is said, as the family of Judge Jenkins of Hensol). With the letters are some notes by the writer, a memorandum received from Rees Jenkins, and a copy of a photograph of a miniature of the Rev. Owen Jenkins, vicar of St John's, Cardiff, from 1761 until his death in 1777 [See D. Rhys Phillips: The History of the Vale of Neath (Swansea, 1925), p. 750].

Letters, 1809-1864, addressed mainly to Taliesin Williams (Taliesin ab Iolo), Glebe land, Merthyr Tydfil, along with some letters, copy letters and draft letters from Williams, 1813-1847.

Letters (surnames A-Davies) addressed mostly to Taliesin Williams (Taliesin ab Iolo).
The correspondents include Thomas Bevan (Caradawc), Abergavenny, 1833-1839 (Nos 7-23), Thomas W. Booker, Velindra, 1833-1847 (Nos 26-41), Henry A. Bruce, 1834-1840 (Nos 42-45), and J. B. Bruce (later J. Bruce Pryce), 1831-1847 (Nos 46-102).

William Adams Junr, Ebbw Vale, to Mr Taliesin Williams, Merthyr. A find of spear-heads in a heap of stones on the hill between here and Tredegar. As it is probably that the addressee will attend the Cymreigyddion next week, requesting him to call if possible.

Thos Bevan, Aberg[avenn]y, to Talliesin Williams, esq. (Ab Iolo), Merthyr. Requesting an answer to the letter sent on Saturday last.

J. Bruce Pryce to Mr Edwd [T.] Williams, son of the late Taliesin Williams, Merthyr Tydfil. Asking him to send some rough sketches of his father's life, addressed to Henry A. Bruce, esq., Dyffryn, Aberdare.